See Also: deforest(dictionary)
Bogart, Humphrey (DeForest)(encyclopedia)

stickler (iou) and deforest (iou)


stickler (iou)



stickler noun. M16.
[from STICKLE verb + -ER1.]
A referee or umpire at a tournament or sporting match. Formerly also, a mediator between combatants or disputants. obsolete exc. dial. M16.
A person who takes an active or busy part (in a contest, affair, cause, etc.); an agent, an instigator. M16-E18.
b. A meddler, a busybody. L16-L17.
A person who contends against or objects to another person, a cause, etc.; an opponent, an antagonist. E17-M19.
A person who contends for or advocates a cause, principle, party, etc.; a person who insists on or stands out for something. Usu. foll. by for. M17.
B. T. Bradford She recalled that Francesca..was a stickler about time. TV Guide (Canada) A brilliant..actor who's such a stickler that nobody will hire him. P. Dally A stickler for observing Christian practices and social conventions.
A supporter in a contest. L17-E19.

deforest (iou)



deforest verb trans. M16.
[from DE- 3 + FOREST noun. Cf. DE-AFFOREST, DISAFFOREST, DISFOREST.]
Hist. = DISAFFOREST 1. M16.
= DISFOREST 2. L19.
defore'station noun L19.